Re: 7 Samurai => Mag 7 => NdeM #267 ...

Ed Stabler Wrote:
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> The director of 7 Samurai, Kurusawa, is con-
> sidered to be the #1 director of Samurai flicks.
> He pretty well did for Toshiro Mifune what John
> Ford did for John Wayne. -- Ed


Right, Ed -

Except Kurusawa made a lot more than just Samurai flicks.  IIRC, he is considered one of the all time
best Japanese directors of all kinds of movies, and Mifune one of the all time best Japanese actors.

- Roosso

p.s. I fell asleep on the couch watching several silent comedy shorts on TCM, but woke up in time to see
the original "Mumblety-Peg" scene - with swords instead of gun vs knife - just before hitting the sack.